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cwgame

Writes one row per game. Generated from cwgame -h and cwgame -d.

Options

cwgame generates files suitable for use by dBase or Lotus-like programs
Each record describes one game.
Usage: cwgame [options] eventfile...
options:
  -h        print this help
  -i id     only process game given by id
  -y year   Year to process (for teamyyyy and aaayyyy.ros).
  -D dir    Directory to find team and roster files (default is current directory)
  -s start  Earliest date to process (mmdd).
  -e end    Last date to process (mmdd).
  -a        generate Ascii-delimited format files (default)
  -ft       generate Fortran format files
  -f flist  give list of fields to output
              Default is 0-84
  -x flist  give list of extended fields to output
              Default is none
  -d        print list of field numbers and descriptions
  The -dxx switches choose a date format for the gamedate field.
  -dsf      slashes, full year: mm/dd/yyyy
  -dsp      slashes, partial year: mm/dd/yy
  -dnf      no slashes, full year: yyyymmdd (the default)
  -dnp      no slashes, partial year: yymmdd
  -Q        operate quietly; do not output progress messages
  -n        print field names in first row of output

Fields

These are the available fields and the numbers to use with the -f option
to name them.  All are included by default.

number  field
------  -----
0       game id
1       date
2       game number (0 = no double header)
3       day of week
4       start time
5       DH used flag
6       day/night flag
7       visiting team
8       home team
9       game site
10      vis. starting pitcher
11      home starting pitcher
12      home plate umpire
13      first base umpire
14      second base umpire
15      third base umpire
16      left field umpire
17      right field umpire
18      attendance
19      PS scorer
20      translator
21      inputter
22      input time
23      edit time
24      how scored
25      pitches entered?
26      temperature
27      wind direction
28      wind speed
29      field condition
30      precipitation
31      sky
32      time of game
33      number of innings
34      visitor final score
35      home final score
36      visitor hits
37      home hits
38      visitor errors
39      home errors
40      visitor left on base
41      home left on base
42      winning pitcher
43      losing pitcher
44      save for
45      GW RBI
46      visitor batter 1
47      visitor position 1
48      visitor batter 2
49      visitor position 2
50      visitor batter 3
51      visitor position 3
52      visitor batter 4
53      visitor position 4
54      visitor batter 5
55      visitor position 5
56      visitor batter 6
57      visitor position 6
58      visitor batter 7
59      visitor position 7
60      visitor batter 8
61      visitor position 8
62      visitor batter 9
63      visitor position 9
64      home batter 1
65      home position 1
66      home batter 2
67      home position 2
68      home batter 3
69      home position 3
70      home batter 4
71      home position 4
72      home batter 5
73      home position 5
74      home batter 6
75      home position 6
76      home batter 7
77      home position 7
78      home batter 8
79      home position 8
80      home batter 9
81      home position 9
82      visiting finisher (NULL if complete game)
83      home finisher (NULL if complete game)
84      official scorer
85      game type

These additional fields are available in this version of cwgame.
These are specified using the -x option, and appear in the output
after all fields specified with -f. By default, none of these
fields are output.

number  field
------  -----
0       visiting team league
1       home team league
2       visiting team game number
3       home team game number
4       length of game in outs
5       information on completion of game
6       information on forfeit of game
7       information on protest of game
8       visiting team linescore
9       home team linescore
10      visiting team AB
11      visiting team 2B
12      visiting team 3B
13      visiting team HR
14      visiting team RBI
15      visiting team SH
16      visiting team SF
17      visiting team HP
18      visiting team BB
19      visiting team IBB
20      visiting team SO
21      visiting team SB
22      visiting team CS
23      visiting team GDP
24      visiting team reach on interference
25      number of pitchers used by visiting team
26      visiting team individual ER allowed
27      visiting team team ER allowed
28      visiting team WP
29      visiting team BK
30      visiting team PO
31      visiting team A
32      visiting team PB
33      visiting team DP
34      visiting team TP
35      home team AB
36      home team 2B
37      home team 3B
38      home team HR
39      home team RBI
40      home team SH
41      home team SF
42      home team HP
43      home team BB
44      home team IBB
45      home team SO
46      home team SB
47      home team CS
48      home team GDP
49      home team reach on interference
50      number of pitchers used by home team
51      home team individual ER allowed
52      home team team ER allowed
53      home team WP
54      home team BK
55      home team PO
56      home team A
57      home team PB
58      home team DP
59      home team TP
60      home plate umpire name
61      first base umpire name
62      second base umpire name
63      third base umpire name
64      left field umpire name
65      right field umpire name
66      visitors manager ID
67      visitors manager name
68      home manager ID
69      home manager name
70      winning pitcher name
71      losing pitcher name
72      save pitcher name
73      batter with goahead RBI ID
74      batter with goahead RBI
75      visitor batter 1 name
76      visitor batter 2 name
77      visitor batter 3 name
78      visitor batter 4 name
79      visitor batter 5 name
80      visitor batter 6 name
81      visitor batter 7 name
82      visitor batter 8 name
83      visitor batter 9 name
84      home batter 1 name
85      home batter 2 name
86      home batter 3 name
87      home batter 4 name
88      home batter 5 name
89      home batter 6 name
90      home batter 7 name
91      home batter 8 name
92      home batter 9 name
93      additional information
94      acquisition information
95      scheduled length of game in innings
96      tiebreaker rule type in use